A look at the challenges faced by Apple's $85B/year services business, as the company faces key US court cases and prepares to allow app sideloading in the EU (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

Michael Acton / Financial Times:
A look at the challenges faced by Apple's $85B/year services business, as the company faces key US court cases and prepares to allow app sideloading in the EU  —  Landmark EU regulation and crucial US court cases due in 2024 will test the tech company  —  Apple faces a legal reckoning in 2024 …

A profile of Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto, who joined Nintendo in the 1970s and says he has no plans to retire as game director at the company (Keza MacDonald/The Guardian)

Keza MacDonald / The Guardian:
A profile of Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto, who joined Nintendo in the 1970s and says he has no plans to retire as game director at the company  —  Few people have influenced global pop culture as much as the creator of Mario and Zelda, widely considered the father of modern gaming.

Filing: Baidu's $3.6B deal to buy Joyy's Chinese livestreaming business YY Live, announced in 2020, expires as China regulators didn't approve it by December 31 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Filing: Baidu's $3.6B deal to buy Joyy's Chinese livestreaming business YY Live, announced in 2020, expires as China regulators didn't approve it by December 31  —  - Tech industry's focus has turned to generative AI now … The Beijing-based company said its $3.6 billion deal for Joyy's YY Live …

A profile of Alexander Reben, who will become OpenAI's first artist in residence for three months starting January 2024, amid a debate over the use of AI in art (Leslie Katz/New York Times)

Leslie Katz / New York Times:
A profile of Alexander Reben, who will become OpenAI's first artist in residence for three months starting January 2024, amid a debate over the use of AI in art  —  Alexander Reben is taking his tech-savvy perspective to OpenAI, a company that some in the art world believe is a threat to their future.

The lawsuits against AI companies could shape the future of copyright or may simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals (J. Edward Moreno/New York Times)

J. Edward Moreno / New York Times:
The lawsuits against AI companies could shape the future of copyright or may simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals  —  The use of content from news and information providers to train artificial intelligence systems may force a reassessment of where to draw legal lines.

The scale of layoffs in the gaming industry in 2023 was far beyond a typical year, with an estimated 9,000+ workers losing their jobs globally (Ash Parrish/The Verge)

Ash Parrish / The Verge:
The scale of layoffs in the gaming industry in 2023 was far beyond a typical year, with an estimated 9,000+ workers losing their jobs globally  —  Layoffs are an unfortunate reality of any industry, but the scope and scale of video game layoffs in 2023 are far beyond a typical year.